rivercane for war arrows

[luke the drifter]

can rivercane be used to make good war arrows?  if so, what would the diameter need to be?  what about the length?  i have an abundant resource of rivercane.

[Hillbilly]

I would think it should make excellent ones- good cane is the strongest arrow material that I know of. What kind of cane do you have? Native river/switch cane, Tonkin, or Japanese arrow bamboo should work well, and they tend to spine higher than wooden arrows of the same diameter. The diameter and length would depend on the draw weight and draw length of the bow you're going to shoot them from.

[luke the drifter]

the rivercane is just your regular rivercane that i see on creek banks and that other people have used in the past.  they are about 1/2 inch on one end and taper to about 3/8 or slightly below that.  the lengths average three and half feet to four feet long.